Archive for May 9th, 2012

FILE – This April 20, 2012, file photo, shows a gas pump displaying a $100 sale in Barre Vt. The government said Tuesday, May 8, 2012, that gasoline will be cheaper this summer than previously expected thanks to a drop in the price of oil. The Energy...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico head women’s swimming coach Tracy Ljone has resigned after completing her seventh season at the school. The resignation was announced Tuesday by the university. The Lobos never finished higher than sixth place at...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a baby girl has been fatally mauled by her family’s dog in Las Cruces. Las Cruces police say the child’s grandmother appears to have been accidentally shot by a neighbor who was trying to stop the animal...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of Pojoaque (poh-WAH’-kay) Pueblo’s former lieutenant governor for leaving the scene of an accident in which she hit and killed a pedestrian in 2009. A three-judge panel of...

SOCORRO, N.M. (AP) — A computer glitch at a New Mexico high school led to a batch of incorrect grade-point averages that graduating seniors have been sending to universities and scholarship programs. Vannetta Perry, interim superintendent of Socorro High...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque officials have announced more changes that they hope will slow the rate of shootings by police officers in the city, including limiting the department’s role in incidents outside its jurisdiction. The Albuquerque...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A utility worker is in serious condition after falling 15 feet from a canyon wall at Navajo Dam in northwestern New Mexico. San Juan County Fire Chief Doug Hatfield tells the Farmington Daily Times (http://bit.ly/IVFWTP) that the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez has awarded correctional officer Louie Nieto with a medal of valor for risking his life to save a fellow officer and inmate at the state penitentiary. The governor presented the award during a ceremony Monday in...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voting is getting under way in New Mexico’s primary election although Election Day is not quite a month away. Absentee voting begins Tuesday, but Democrats and Republicans also can start to cast ballots in person. Voters often...